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product_id: 85407855
title: "The Captain"
brand: "max hubacherfrederick laurobert schwentke"
price: "$66.70"
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reviews_count: 9
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# The Captain

**Brand:** max hubacherfrederick laurobert schwentke
**Price:** $66.70
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## Description

The Captain

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Sharp, Vicious, Needed
  

*by A***L on Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2018*

A corporal from the German Army is separated from his unit and left searching.  He finds a neat uniform of a German Army captain and takes to wearing it, with all the responsibilities it carries.  As it is April 1945, the scrubbed Nazi world is on the brink of collapse.  The Captain rises to make an example of those who are very much like him.  Of course, this is a bleak film - in black and white - and there are very few heroes in a country desolated by Hitler's refusal to surrender.  The Captain, though, is unmoved as stone though the viewer can see how his fear of discovery makes him shudder in his uniform, how his paralyzed face shows how unfit he is (in a riveting performance by Max Hubacher).  The story fits neatly with fact in most ways and the acting and directing are appropriately stilted - the Captain is a man who cannot fathom what he is doing but feels it is in the best interest of the Reich and, more importantly, a way of showing he's a fervent Nazi and not a weak-willed deserter.  An excellent film, it shows us what something as simple as a uniform - appearing as someone - can do.  As we head into an age of renewed fascism, this movie invites us to explore what lies beneath the surface and entitlement.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A Riveting Movie about The Horrors of World War Two. (Spoiler Alert)
  

*by F***0 on Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2018*

This movie is based on actual events in Germany during the end of WWII and concerns a young German soldier and deserter who happens upon a German Officer's uniform in an abandoned vehicle and then impersonates this officer, a Captain.  The fake Captain has nowhere to go with his impersonation but to embrace it to the end, wherever that may be, and unfortunately, that happens to be a prison camp for German Army deserters and criminals.  The Captain tries to assume command, by declaring that he is on a special mission for the Fuhrer, but German military law is complicated, and the dire situation unfolds whereby German soldiers are executed in a grotesque manner without trial.  After the camp is destroyed by the British,  the Captain careens into another German town and begins to do the things the German prisoners did - robbery, looting, drinking.  However, they are captured by the German military police and it all comes to an end.  Some of the things to pay attention to is eye contact when the Captain meets other officers.  It's unique in this film. I did see the correct German Military haircut and actual military equipment for WWII.  Of course, the theme is dark, being filmed in black and white, and grey skies overhead, and damp soil, which is exactly what April brings in Deutschland.  I did like the scene where the director reveals that there is only one brick post remaining of the prison camp, and the land is now a field.  There must be a lot of people buried there.  The movie is truly about the horrors and chaos of war, and that point was driven home.  Overall, very good acting, and a very good movie about one of the darkest periods of world history.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Beautifully Shot
  

*by A***X on Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2019*

Story-wise yes it's pretty graphic and "brutal", but I found it interesting to tell the story from the perspective of a perpetrator. I've read some of the reviews which I find some to be ridiculous (some clearly don't know how to turn on subtitles and others don't have taste for black & white films). Someone deadass said "Didnt like the black and white look of a movie. We're in the future lol..." - well first of all the story takes place in 1945 so black and white is a perfect choice as well as their decision to go for an older look with the Leica lenses vs Anamorphics. They shot most of the film on the Alexa XT Studio and only the opening scene with the Alexa 65 - due to their lack of funding but I'm glad they shot in color and added the Black & White LUT as well as not trying to fake a "film" look - vs digital.  Visually, I thought the framing of the shots were refreshing and was well in favor of the story and characters. There are so many good qualities about the film - visually & storywise - I genuinely thought it was an interesting and beautifully shot film to watch (Don't believe me? Read it's feature cover in the September 2018 ASC magazine). Also its only $3 to rent and watch it... like are people that stingy about the films they watch now?

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